diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 61b0361a..182d694d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.35.2"
+  ".": "1.36.0"
 }
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7214ec8b..623bd9c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,44 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.36.0](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/compare/v1.35.2...v1.36.0) (2026-04-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add certification range filters and fix MAL airing cache TTL ([26f3b7e](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/26f3b7e6a277c4e6d57d4217b1860ae229de5280))
+* add discover catalog duplicate button and rename DiscoverBuilderDialog ([47a3c55](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/47a3c558f4a4b7b5752f030c6f13f5ba23fafe90))
+* add heap profile to dashboard operations tab ([34a8572](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/34a85721a4d9e8e83f48d292d78017b291682670))
+* add PublicMetaDB integration (up next, lists, watch tracking) ([ae0c2f3](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/ae0c2f3e22605c0452d36aa9ab3a75f69da3aa77))
+* **custom-art:** add raw {id} placeholder support ([0a95fe6](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/0a95fe6aa27cf00080dd739466d5a86e6856c48c))
+* streaming top 10 catalogs integration ([59de923](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/59de923aff3a3d9924d771db6977ddc3cb038a3d))
+* support FANART_API_PROJECT_KEY with user keys as clientKey ([4e93312](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/4e933120f23ff18eba5b452be1f0cfe199374657))
+* support FANART_API_PROJECT_KEY with user keys as clientKey ([6101409](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/61014094aeeef8b4e0276334b893b17bd0f80e82))
+* update Top Posters API domain and add user-agent support ([4ef0187](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/4ef0187e60f6f3da9c217530a84e616f45321cb4))
+* update Top Posters API domain and add user-agent support ([1995e86](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/1995e8691e9f2dc1c9c8ff87e16b411cfec352b8))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add experimental TMDB/IMDB fallback episode matching logic ([3559037](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/35590374b78b6d7c7f60b0cccd4fbe744dbc3ae3))
+* anime movie ID resolution fallbacks in getMeta ([bd494c3](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/bd494c374f4dc769992c10a7e500484534ab3565))
+* crash when config.language is undefined in selectTmdbImageByLang ([3bae00e](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/3bae00eff131724ac6f0e6087fbe9179bcf08898))
+* crash when config.language is undefined in selectTmdbImageByLang ([4ca72f6](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/4ca72f665d235f08937514d67284e59560159a03))
+* ONA type detection in Kitsu search ([e286f6a](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/e286f6af6000272d3126bf2faf2a6b45b3ea601d))
+* preserve season objects for imdb series episode mapping ([cf4db3d](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/cf4db3d9e1ab57976d2d6d295e765650d8bb2d89))
+* reduce redis RDB snapshot frequency to hourly ([4ebf84e](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/4ebf84e47a570177d00b823a296e0339e044e3a9))
+* reduce redis RDB snapshot frequency to prevent excessive disk writes ([c6684c6](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/c6684c6004e886eeb6e3c56e48dc4299e143a60d))
+* restore poster proxy URL passthrough mode in meta handler ([e55523d](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/e55523dc481157f76f7f5fd2bfe8f25abfec3f7f))
+* tighten up redis initialization sequence ([e341620](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/e34162022353fd3df00e0ffd0705e6c255a2a5b5))
+* trakt 401 token refresh and custom poster pattern preservation ([f4a201b](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/f4a201bae2460ea3585bff3251e80afc68e4d888))
+* unresponsive UI after closing find & replace type modal ([b0c1b53](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/b0c1b53494a7cc10617534810a17b7b056b43d74))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* migrate sqlite3 to better-sqlite3 ([088d62b](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/088d62b8e1b99190e836cc9ffafc0f4b9362f28f))
+* reduce frontend bundle size ([d46e210](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/commit/d46e210068f5eb24a80b8e1f23b8536558b56619))
+
 ## [1.35.2](https://github.com/cedya77/aiometadata/compare/v1.35.1...v1.35.2) (2026-03-24)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 09a9b9a7..f4571d73 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "aio-metadata",
-  "version": "1.35.2",
+  "version": "1.36.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "aio-metadata",
-      "version": "1.35.2",
+      "version": "1.36.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@cospired/i18n-iso-languages": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 426a9bed..244edb70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aio-metadata",
-  "version": "1.35.2",
+  "version": "1.36.0",
   "description": "Metadata provider for Stremio",
   "main": "dist/server/server.js",
   "scripts": {